Memorial
Steam Engine Makers and HMS Thunderer
Current Location
KINGSTON CEMETERY, Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 4DY, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 650 010
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Obelisk
- WMR Reference Number
- 21452
- Description
- ON SQUARE PLINTH
- Inscription
- THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE STEAM ENGINE MAKER'S SOCIETY AS A LAST TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM TO THEIR DEPARTED BRETHEREN. 1878. IN MEMORY OF (NAMES) WHO WERE KILLED BY THE EXPLOSION OF A BOILER ON BOARD HMS THUNDERER AT SPITHEAD. JULY 14TH 1876. UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED FALL.
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 3
- Died
- 3
- Maintenance History
- SURVEYED OCTOBER 1984: STONE SURFACE TO BASE STONE FLAKING IN AREAS. SOME OPEN JOINTS. MONUMENT SEVERELY STAINED WITH LICHEN. INFORMATION TAKEN FROM SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY PORTSMOUTH CITY MUSEUMS DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIC DESIGN IN 1984. SEE FILE FOR COMPLETE INDEXED DOCUMENT WITH 59 ENTRIES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO NON-MILITARY MEMORIALS IN THE CITY. CONDITION ASSESSMENTS TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY: A = URGENT = POOR. B = LIMITED REQUIREMENT = AT RISK. C = SOUND = GOOD
Components
- Obelisk
Made from: Stone
Condition: Unknown
- Plinth
Made from: Granite
Condition: Unknown